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OET (OET-LV) And_I am_saying to_you_all:
Be_requesting, and it_will_be_being_given to_you_all, be_seeking, and you_all_will_be_finding, be_knocking, and it_will_be_being_opened_up to_you_all.
OET (OET-RV) So this is what I’m telling you: Keep submitting your requests and it’ll be given to you all, keep searching and you’ll all find what you’re looking for, keep knocking and the door will be opened for you all,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / you
ὑμῖν λέγω & ὑμῖν & εὑρήσετε & ὑμῖν
˱to˲_you_all /am/_saying & ˱to˲_you_all & ˱you_all˲_/will_be/_finding & ˱to˲_you_all
In the first instance in this verse, you is plural because Jesus is speaking to the disciples. In the next three instances, even though Jesus is describing what could be an individual situation of a person praying to God, you is also plural because Jesus is still speaking to the disciples as a group.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
αἰτεῖτε & ζητεῖτε
/be/_requesting & /be/_seeking
It might be customary in your language to say what a person would be asking for and seeking, and from whom. Alternate translation: “keep asking God for what you need … keep seeking what you need from God”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
δοθήσεται ὑμῖν
˱it˲_/will_be_being/_given ˱to˲_you_all
If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form, and you could state who will do the action. Alternate translation: “God will give it to you” or “you will receive it”
Note 4 topic: translate-unknown
κρούετε
/be/_knocking
To knock at a door means to hit it a few times to let a person inside the house know you are standing outside. You could translate this expression with the way people in your culture show that they have arrived at a house, such as “call out” or “cough” or “clap.”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
κρούετε
/be/_knocking
Jesus is using the expression knock to mean getting someone’s attention. Alternate translation: “seek God’s attention in prayer” or “let God know you are depending on him”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἀνοιγήσεται ὑμῖν
˱it˲_/will_be_being/_opened_up ˱to˲_you_all
If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form, and you could state who will do the action. Alternate translation: “God will open the door for you” or “God will welcome you inside”
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἀνοιγήσεται ὑμῖν
˱it˲_/will_be_being/_opened_up ˱to˲_you_all
This phrase continues the metaphor of prayer as knocking on a door. Alternate translation: “God will give you what you need” or “God will enable you to do what you are praying about”
OET (OET-LV) And_I am_saying to_you_all:
Be_requesting, and it_will_be_being_given to_you_all, be_seeking, and you_all_will_be_finding, be_knocking, and it_will_be_being_opened_up to_you_all.
OET (OET-RV) So this is what I’m telling you: Keep submitting your requests and it’ll be given to you all, keep searching and you’ll all find what you’re looking for, keep knocking and the door will be opened for you all,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.